When a defendant in execution shall own or be entitled to an undivided interest in any property not exclusively in his own possession, such interest may be levied on and sold by the sheriff without taking the property into actual possession, and such sale shall vest in the purchaser all the interest of the defendant in such property.
Miss. Code Ann. § 13-3-131
Levy of writs of execution and attachments — on interest of partners or co-owners
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Henderson v. West Cash & Carry Building Materials of Memphis, Inc. (In Re Henderson) (1990)
Most recently applied in Henderson v. West Cash & Carry Building Materials of Memphis, Inc. (In Re Henderson) (March 1990)
Codes, 1892, § 3468; 1906, § 3967; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2974; 1930, § 3020; 1942, § 1908.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.